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Dwight had already been to the finals. Orlando winning 55 games wasn't a surprise to anyone. Knicks winning 55 games is a surprise to everyone. Melo was ranked #17 player in the game. MVP is all about the sexy pick, this year, Melo is undoubtedly a top 5 player this season and the Knicks are a top team. Moving from 7 seed to 1 or 2 is a huge leap. Thats the sexy pick along with CP3.

it is a sexy pick but i don't know if the media would vote for him, if he becomes the 1st seed its a lock i think especially considering the new york media will have his back he dropped from 1st to 4th in the mvp rankings as soon as miami took back the 1st seed. thats just my opinion he doesn't really have any hype at the moment.

I think if the Knicks hit 55+ wins and the 1-2 seed Melo gets it. Thats how the award is given out - the star on the 'surprise team' that exceeded everybodies expectations. Like Nash, Dirk and Rose.

I don't think LeBron gets it especially with MIA being worse than last year. Hes the best player in the game but the MVP is not the best player in the game award.

It can't go unnoticed that Melo is playing this well and has his team 1/2 game out of first place with JR Smith as his 2nd option. Hes not on a team full of superstars like the rest of those guys. That weighed heavily in Rose's favor when he won the award.

Yea but with Rose, he was the fresh face, his ascension to stardom coincided with the teams drastic improvement despite injuries.

These Knicks are seen as more of an ensemble effort by significant additions (Kidd to name one), and it doesnt help that before this year the Knicks had a rep of an underachiever. I dont think 55 wins makes this story tantalizing enough. Melo is gonna need more help than that to win MVP.

"It’s absolutely ludicrous” (to judge players based on whether they’ve won a title.)

Mike James was just signed by the Mavs. I think it is time to close this thread down.

Originally Posted by latinofire21

Maybe if the Bulls can get healthy they can surpass the hawks but other than that I dont see them cracking the top 4 spots in the east based on Pure record. Obviously they will have a higher spot because they are in a weak division but record wise they wont crack the top 4 by seasons end.

To summarize, it basically says that Chris Paul will be MVP if people get bored of writing in Lebron's name (actually that is verbatim one of the lines), and that his numbers are underwhelming for an MVP candidate until you look at them as "per 36" numbers (generally focusing on WARP - wins above replacement - ), where they make him look just under average for an MVP candidate.

It goes on to say that he will have to have the best narrative to win MVP, and that that may be hard with how deep the Clippers are.

In other words, it echoes everything myself and some others have said all year. The article title was a bit misleading.